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Front  Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany & Greece

1978 August 4
Tokyo, Japan 
42 entries

Results
Costa Rica  Vivian del Carmen Unger Borbon
Hawaii  Brooke Alexander (6th RU World 80)
Mexico  Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gómez (3rd RU & Miss Photogenic, World 78)

Among the semi-f
inalists
Finland  Tii Heilimo
Norway  Elisabet Klaeboe (World 78)

Remainder
Argentina  Delia Estella Maris-Muñoz Duran
Australia  Deborah Ellen Jane Harber
Austria  Renate Karoline Schneider
Belgium  Chantal Marguerite Pirlet
Bolivia  Monica Ortiz
Brazil  Valeria de Rezende Chavis 
Britain  Debbie Michelle Mason Lee
Canada  Heather Anne Hazell
Chile  Soledad Vio Benavente
Colombia  Maria Constanza Mejia Navia
Denmark  Lone Susan Meelby
France  Genevieve Marthe Baldi
Germany  Ulla Susanne Roder
Greece  Kaiti Adamopoulou
Guam  Elizabeth Calderon Lathrop 
Holland  Nicole Cohen
Honduras  Emily Antonette Hawitt
Iceland  Rosa Ingvarsdóttir
India  Poonam Dhillon
Indonesia  Letizia Mussry
Ireland  Jackie Edmundson
Israel  Tamar Liberman
Italy  Patrizia Lecchi
Japan  Yukiko Seko
Korea  Kim Eun-hee
Malaysia  Margaret Yvonne de Souza
Malta  Suzette Theresa Schembri
New Zealand  Jillian Maree Bevins
Nicaragua  Irene Gerstenkorn
Philippines  Anne Rose Thompson Blas
Singapore  Violet Lee (World 79)
Spain  Francisca Hoyos Jiménez 
Switzerland  Elvira Werth
Turkey  Cagiayan Bingol
U.S.A.  Karin Jill Hanks
Uruguay  Varinia Roxana Govea Pazos (World 82)
Venezuela  Liliana Mantione

Awards
Miss Friendship  Turkey
Miss Photogenic  Chile
Best National Costume  Costa Rica
Miss Kimono  Israel
Miss Kimono 1st runner-up  Holland


Top  Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay & Venezuela
Bottom
 Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Holland, Honduras, Iceland, India & Honduras

Philippines, Norway, Nicaragua, New Zealand & Mexico

Japan, Finland & U.S.A.


Miss Kimono award winner
Israel


 

Uruguay, Philippines, Hawaii, Chile & Argentina

Turkey (Miss Friendship), Hawaii (2nd), Costa Rica (winner), Mexico (3rd) & Chile (Miss Photogenic) 

 


Rehearsal 
Bottom  Hawaii, Holland, Honduras, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy & Japan
Top  Korea, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Portugal & Singapore

 

1979 August 3
Tokyo, Japan
40 entries

Results
Ireland  Patricia Ward
Hawaii  Corrine Gail Carvalho
U.S.A.  Lonni Lynn Jones

Semi-finalists
(none were called)


Remainder
Australia  Helen Denz
Austria  Margaret Hamarc
Belgium
Bolivia
 Maria Luisa López
Britain  Susan Walker
Canada  Brigitte June Hofmann (World 78)
Chile  Gabriela Ward Vargas
Colombia  Maria Patricia Fernández Fernández
Costa Rica  Maria Alejandra Rodríguez
Denmark  Pia Petersen
Finland  Pia Irmeli Ann-Marie Nieminen (World 81)
France  Patricia Barzyk (2nd RU World 80)
Germany
  Kathrin ___
Greece
 Diana Zachou
Guam  Louise Aguon 
Holland  Carmen Roog
Honduras  Ana Esther Vivas
Iceland  Stella Karlsdóttir
India  Anuja Chitre
Israel  Ronit Ben Basat
Italy
Japan
 Misako Ari
Korea  Kim Mi-ho
Malaysia  Kathy Siew Ken Thoung
Malta  Josette Salargi
Mexico  Patricia Fojaco Cortez
Nicaragua  Maria Mercedes Saavedra
Norway 
Nina Lovendal
Philippines
 Maria Teresa Gerodias Carlson
Portugal  Laura Vieira Diogo
Singapore  Jennifer Liong Lai Fong (International 80)
Spain  María Jesús Pineda Rufino 
Sweden
Switzerland
 Margrit Kilchoer (Universe 80 & World 81)
Turkey
Uruguay  Lydia Salas
Venezuela  Nina Korschunov

Awards
Miss Friendship  Venezuela  
Miss Photogenic  Portugal 
Miss Kimono  Finland


Norway, Denmark, Finland & France

Honduras

 

Miss Kimono winner
Finland

Hawaii (2nd), Ireland (winner) & U.S.A. (3rd)